Hubungan Senam Prenatal Yoga dengan Tingkat Kecemasan Ibu Hamil Primigravida Trimester III

Yoga can have a positive influence on body health, psychology, feelings. The purpose of yoga practice is to create a balance of mind, body, calmness, and prepare pregnant women physically, mentally, spiritually for childbirth. With preparation, the mother will be more confident and gain the confidence to go through labor smoothly and not experience anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between prenatal yoga and anxiety levels in third trimester primigravida pregnant women. Bivariate quantitative research method with a Quasy Experiment approach pre post test with one group design. The data analysis used the Dependent T-Test Statistics. A sample of 33 primigravida pregnant women trimester III with purposive sampling technique. The results showed that prenatal yoga exercise reduced anxiety levels in primigravida pregnant women, which means that there was a significant difference between prenatal yoga exercise and anxiety levels in third trimester primigravida pregnant women (Pv=0,000). Yoga exercise is an exercise that is very safe, easy, practical and needs to be applied independently and continuously in order to improve health. However, further research is still needed for more valid and relevant results.